In the small but massively influential so-called Swedish Balearic scene that emerged at the start of the last decade, Gothenburg duo the Embassy – Fredrik Lindson and Torbjörn Håkansson – were unwittingly cast as pioneers. Similarly minded bands such as Studio, the Tough Alliance and Air France all emerged in the wake of the Embassy's excellent 2002 debut Futile Crimes, with both the Tough Alliance and Studio naming their respective record labels after the Embassy's songs. As befits their sound – lush, laid-back and gorgeously hazy – the duo don't seem to be in any urgent rush to cement their status at the forefront of any sort of scene, having not released an album since 2005's critically acclaimed Tacking.

All that's about to change later this month, however, with the release of their third album, Sweet Sensation. While the recently released Related Artist skips along on a jangly guitar rift and jaunty bassline, International – premiered here – lowers the BPM for the first two-thirds, with Lindson's husky croon sliding over a minimal electronic pulse, soft handclaps and the odd xylophone flourish. Around the four-minute mark, however, things get a bit EDM, relatively speaking, as the pace quickens and a squelchy synth line and house beat emerge like a sunrise.